I want to thank Miranda who wrote this blog below after Bill Oddie’s comments. It’s another form of discrimination to undermine someone’s credibility because of his or her career. I did shows on T.V. so I’m not allowed to fight for something I feel strongly about i.e stigma and more research of the brain? There’s a point when you feel you need to move on and I always knew when to leave a party before it left me. Some people hang on for dear life to their one identity; this is usually out of fear. I come from a long line of immigrants; we’re used to bailing out fast, in a second, with a piano on our back to scuttle to a new ghetto that we can call home. So with a career in entertainment I jumped ship and went back to university to study the brain. Call me crazy but it’s a little more interesting than doing “Celebrity Big Brother”. (Not that I did that but you know what I mean). If we weren’t meant to change our goals in life, I’d still be practicing potty training and Bill Oddie would still be bird-watching which I hope to God he’s not. My career has not been enhanced but my life has far more important.
"I am afraid I wholeheartedly disagree with Bill Oddie over this. There is no question that people like Ruby Wax and Stephen Fry are trying to make mental illness fashionable - the energy, drive and selfless dedication that Ruby has for this cause has changed the lives of THOUSANDS. She and Stephen did not choose mental illness. Ruby has done an extraordinarily courageous thing by studying neuroscience and talking extensively about her own experiences in order to help others - I have no doubt that she never once has intended to make money out of it. In fact, I don't know any other person who has given up quite so much in order to trail blaze for an "unfashionable" cause in the way that Ruby has.
There are many people who are so grateful for people like Ruby Wax and Stephen Fry for talking about their mental illness and for working so hard at educating those who don't understand it. In fact, Ruby has worked like a Trojan - always thinking of others and never about herself. She is determined to get people help and not take the glory. If you know what depression is like, there is no way you would try and make it fashionable - you wouldn't wish it on anybody. Bill Oddie's comments have made me extremely angry because there is no question that Ruby has hindered people's understanding of such conditions - she has educated and helped MANY."
"I am afraid I wholeheartedly disagree with Bill Oddie over this. There is no question that people like Ruby Wax and Stephen Fry are trying to make mental illness fashionable - the energy, drive and selfless dedication that Ruby has for this cause has changed the lives of THOUSANDS. She and Stephen did not choose mental illness. Ruby has done an extraordinarily courageous thing by studying neuroscience and talking extensively about her own experiences in order to help others - I have no doubt that she never once has intended to make money out of it. In fact, I don't know any other person who has given up quite so much in order to trail blaze for an "unfashionable" cause in the way that Ruby has.
There are many people who are so grateful for people like Ruby Wax and Stephen Fry for talking about their mental illness and for working so hard at educating those who don't understand it. In fact, Ruby has worked like a Trojan - always thinking of others and never about herself. She is determined to get people help and not take the glory. If you know what depression is like, there is no way you would try and make it fashionable - you wouldn't wish it on anybody. Bill Oddie's comments have made me extremely angry because there is no question that Ruby has hindered people's understanding of such conditions - she has educated and helped MANY."
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